DEDICATION

This blog is dedicated to the restoration of the Austin Healey 3000...among the most desirable of all British sports cars.

Monday, February 20, 2012

PREPARING THE BODY FOR MORE PATCHWORK

With the passenger's side of the car almost finished, we moved our attention to the driver's side.  As I said before, the process is not difficult, just a bit time consuming.  We spent some time today preparing two more rusted areas for welding.  We will be fabricating the patch panels tomorrow morning.  
Tim will be coming by the shop on Wednesday morning.  He will be taking the bright work or chrome to a plating shop in Florida for an estimate.  I think some of the pieces can be re-chromed for less money that it would cost to replace them, others could be replaced less expensively and the rest are beyond re-plating.  Usually, when bright work is re-plated, it looks much better than the new pieces you buy.  In short, I'm glad Tim is making this decision.  

Stay tuned,
Tom McCurry

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